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For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.

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You are sad in the midst of every blessing. Take care that Fortune does not observe–or she will call you ungrateful.
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Blessing Care Fortune Gratitude Observation Sadness Yourself
Wine and women bring misery.
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Alcohol Misery Wine
Every epigram should resemble a bee; it should have sting, honey, and brevity.
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Honey Similar
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
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Flaw Imagination World Worst
He who writes distichs, wishes, I suppose, to please by brevity. But, tell me, of what avail is their brevity, when there is a whose book full of them?
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Book Himself Writing
Can the fish love the fisherman?
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Deep Love One Liner
The African lions rush to attack bulls; they do not attack butterflies.
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Advice Attack Deep Lion Rush
Some are good, some are middling, the most are bad.
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Bad Goodness
You crystal break, for fear of breaking it: Careless and careful hands like faults commit.
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Break Care Commitment Crystal Fear Hands Yourself
There is nothing more contemptible than a bald man who pretends to have hair.
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Hairs Man Myself Pretend
Genuine is the sorrow endured without anyone else knowing about it.
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Endurance Genuine Known Sorrow
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest, pray that thou mayest not set too high a value on it.
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Accomplishment High Life Possession Short Value Yourself
Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
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Aware Fly Gift Himself Swallow
I’m what I seem; not any dyer gave, But nature dyed this colour that I have.
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Color Myself Natural
If you are poor now, Aemilianus, you will always be poor. Riches are now given to none but the rich.
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Poor Rich Unfair Willing Yourself
Of no day can the retrospect cause pain to a good man.
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Day Goodness Man Pain

For wealth’s now given to none but to the rich.

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